Potential effect of marine traffic on white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) distribution and behaviour in Faxaflói Bay, southwest Iceland

• Main Author: Zezza, Letizia
• Other Authors: Fabbri, Elena, Rasmussen, Marianne H.
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna 2015
• Subjects: Boat; dolphin; Iceland; behaviour; distribution; whale-watching; Biologia marina [LM-DM270] - Ravenna; Faxaflói; Shallow Bay; Lagenorhynchus albirostris; White-beaked dolphin
• Online Access: https://amslaurea.unibo.it/id/eprint/8094/; https://amslaurea.unibo.it/id/eprint/8094/1/Zezza_Letizia_Tesi.pdf

Faxaflói bay is a short, wide and shallow bay situated in the southwest of Iceland. Although hosting a rather high level of marine traffic, this area is inhabited by many different species of cetaceans, among which the white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris), found here all year-round. Thi...